[mythtvnz] Freeview Radio

[Barry Clearwater]

Regarding choppy sound coming through, has anyone got a pointer to a
useful (linux) network tool to check on network latency?
Barry

On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 14:01 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/2/07, Dean Pemberton <dean at deanpemberton.com> wrote:
>         Nope - but it's not just you.
>         
>         I get the same thing.
>         
>         Sometimes if I wait a while I can get VERY choppy sound coming
>         through.
>         
>         
>         Dean
> 
> 
> Something is weird here. I now have the backend/frontend combination
> as well as a new frontend on knoppmyth r5f27. I also have a frontend
> on my desktop which is whatever was available on gentoo at the time of
> compiling it ( 0.20-something).
> 
> The BE/FE combo is attached to the main TV and sound system, and I
> can't hear anything from the radio stations.
> 
> The FE's can both hear the freeview stations, streamed from the BE/FE
> computer. 
> 
> The major difference soundwise is that the BE/FE combo has SPDIF out,
> which plays every TV channel and video file, but I am guessing it
> somehow doesn't like the audio from National Radio/Concert Programme.
> 
> The same can be said about playing recorded radio programmes, although
> they WILL play via mplayer on the BE/FE combo using spdif out.
> 
> Very strange. Any ideas?
> 
> Nick.
> 
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